To him, delivering effective justice irrespective of who is the culprit is what can guarantee peace and tone down tension which always heightens during peak political periods.
Speaking to journalists in Kumasi over the weekend after a walk for peace event to drum home the message of peace ahead of this year's election, the legislator said anything apart from what he had suggested would always create an atmosphere of suspicion as well as mistrust among key players in the elections.
According to Dr Akoto Osei, people will always feel cheated when they realise that they have been given a raw deal in the administration of justice, "and when this happens you don't expect such people who feel that they are being oppressed in their own country to keep mute. Even if they will not rise up, their followers will."
"Peace is all we need to develop as a nation but in working towards achieving it, we must all remember that we cannot achieve peace in isolation. Justice must be seen to be served and it shouldn’t matter who is involved; the laws must work for all," he told the media.
In the view of the MP, anyone who talks only about peace but tries to relegate to the background the relevance of justice is a joker "and is either deceiving himself/herself or that they deliberately want to gag people from speaking on injustice in society".
Dr Akoto Osei was certain that the seeming rising political tension in the country was due to the injustice and political witch-hunting that the NDC government was subjecting its opponents to, adding that if that continued, it would be difficult achieving a peaceful election.
"What I will tell the Police, the military, I mean all those with the responsibility to ensure that peace and justice are served, is that they need to show professionalism and fairness. The Peace Council must work for Ghanaians and not for those who wield power," the Tafo MP admonished.
While charging the Electoral Commission and its chairperson, Charlotte Osei, to do things which will wipe away or reduce public suspicions and mistrust about the commission, MP entreated all Ghanaians, particularly the youth, to be serious and work hard to sustain peace before, during and after the December elections.
He also urged political parties to endeavour to let their activities promote peace and justice, stressing, “this is our only country and we must do our best to safeguard it for our children."